I have a fairly sizable perl module that I'm building that contains a large set of function/methods implementing the build and related tasks for a software product. I have a great deal of it working. Late yesterday I ran across the following error which I am having trouble diagnosing: 
Can't spawn "cmd.exe": No error at file.pm line xxx.

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This line is a system function call. What makes this so difficult to understand is the the code at the line in question is no different from similar code just a few lines earlier. Here is a slice of the relevent code, with first the system call that works followed by the system call that is failing: 
      $cstring = $vc6cmd . " " . $project . " " . $cargs;
      @cmd = ("$cstring");
      $status = system("@cmd 1>>$sout 2>&1");

      $cstring = $bldcheck . " vc " . $sout;
      $self->trace("--- $cstring\n");
      @cmd = ("$cstring");
      $status = system("@cmd 1>>$logfile 2>&1");

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Thanks in advance for you assistance in diagnosing this problem. I should note that I am running ActiveState build 806, v5.8.0.

-Marc

In reply to Can't spawn "cmd.exe": No error at by mgibian

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